The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-09-09

sl:ped them. No; didn't fall down, G: ner
climbed up OH a chair and contemplated
them with awe. (They were always hung
very high. That, too, was fashion then,
now happily extinctl Yes, | gazed un,N,
their feeble faces, with their little niou.us
and expressionless eyes, and wondered If any
creature i'll flesh and blood ever was SO beau
tiful. Since then I have seen hundreds of
Lady Roses in the flesh; but | have changed
my idea OF beauty. | no longer worship
them. rum away from them.
You will hear it threatened that black
stockings are to go out Of date and those
matching the toilet i'll color will take the
place of them. Don't believe it. Black
stockings have hold Oh feminine taste that
will be hard to shake off They are so emf
nently refined and elegant in their effect that
there IS but little danger of their banishm4nt
For a long time to come.
In Paris the leaders Of fashion have decided
that gentleman may wear q straw hat in
the most fashionable parts of the city
l see it stated somewhere that Parnell
wears light brown hat, some very pro-
nounced Irish tweeds and loads of rings
The rings were presented to him while he
languished in Kilmainham Jail. Doubtless
he feels compelled to wear them
Skirts hounced almost to the waist are an
pearing across the water ON British soil Tue
Princess OF Wales is responsible. Not bad
move either Somebody says: "With Of
these same skirts and white blouse or shirt
waist one can dress in q moment They can
be fastened together like princess frock, and
when flung one has nothing to do but tie O
kerchief under the sailor collar ard fasten
the sash Or belt" But hounces are uc'v!
Perhaps; but they are light. and as for Ii; j.
ness, the same writer naively inquiries why
men should have monopoly of ugliness in
dress
"Book muslin," that ancient and highly
Centeel material in which the Lady Rose was
married, is quite fashionable. Perhaps Lady
Rose will become fashionable, too. j..
This has been a magnificent summer for
pongee, though it has not been utilized so
much as formerly. But what could be cooler
and prettiers Make your pongee with a
plain, full skirt, hemmed at the bottom and
tucked. too, if You want your waist with
basque back and q surplice front which leaves
the throat bare. Give it life and character
by putting loops of ribbon here and there, the
ribbon being dark brown, wine or dull green
Now is the reign of the sash. The blouse
waist is helping on the work. In "old Hing
land" many Of the fair young women who
ended the Ascot races wore full strai It
shirts of embroidered muslin and white CL..ia
six belted waists, either white or colorrd.
When the waist is colored foundation sl t
OF the same color of silk is worn under the
muslin skirt
Iretty toilets can be made of lace skirts,
either black or white, over colored or black
''r uite silks. with beltcd whist of surah and
slSli To match.
The popular width for sashes is from nine
to eleven inches. Gay Roman sashes with
lengtilwise stripes are in favor
Ladies who become brides just now 90
through the ceremony in their travelling
dresses and then hastily HE to the mountains
or the seq. The dresses for such occasions
are simple, depending for their glory on the fit.
NAOMI TRENT